Bishapur

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ancient city archaeological site

Bishapur was an ancient Sasanian city in southwestern Iran, renowned for its rock reliefs and archaeological remains that reflect a blend of Persian and Roman architectural influences.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Ardashir-Khwarrah (Gur) city 1
Bishapur urban complex 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient city ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
country Iran ⓘ
culture Sasanian culture ⓘ
declinePeriod early Islamic period ⓘ
excavatedBy French archaeologists ⓘ
Iranian archaeologists ⓘ
excavationStart 20th century ⓘ
foundedBy Shapur I NERFINISHED ⓘ
founderDynasty Sasanian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasArchitecturalInfluence Persian architecture ⓘ
Roman architecture ⓘ
hasArchitecturalStyle Sasanian architecture NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCulturalInfluence Roman prisoners of war ⓘ
hasFeature Roman-style floor mosaics ⓘ
hasNearbyMonument Shapur I statue in Shapur Cave ⓘ
hasNearbyRockReliefs Tang-e Chogan rock reliefs NERFINISHED ⓘ
victory reliefs of Shapur I ⓘ
hasNearbyValley Tang-e Chogan NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasReliefDepicting defeat of Roman Emperor Valerian ⓘ
triumphs of Shapur I ⓘ
hasReliefTheme Roman–Persian wars NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasStructure bridge ⓘ
fire temple ⓘ
fortifications ⓘ
royal palace complex ⓘ
urban grid plan ⓘ
heritageDesignation Iranian national heritage site ⓘ
inception 3rd century ⓘ
circa 266 CE ⓘ
knownFor archaeological remains ⓘ
mosaics ⓘ
rock reliefs ⓘ
locatedIn Fars Province NERFINISHED ⓘ
Shapur District NERFINISHED ⓘ
southwestern Iran NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedNear Kazerun NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOn Shapur River NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOnRoute ancient road between Istakhr and Ctesiphon ⓘ
materialUsed brick ⓘ
mortar ⓘ
stone ⓘ
namedAfter Shapur I NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Sasanian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
periodOfFlourishing 3rd century ⓘ
4th century ⓘ
region ancient Persis ⓘ
religionInHistoricalPeriod Zoroastrianism NERFINISHED ⓘ
urbanPlanType orthogonal plan ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ardashir I → built → Bishapur ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ardashir-Khwarrah (Gur) city
Fars → contains → Bishapur ⓘ
Fars Province → containsAncientSite → Bishapur ⓘ
Sasanian architecture → notableExample → Bishapur ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bishapur urban complex